Tropical Storm Franklin

Public Advisory 25

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WTNT31 KNHC 271439
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 25
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST WED JUL 27 2005

...FRANKLIN MOVING ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 69.2 WEST OR ABOUT
265 MILES... 430 KM... WEST-NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA.

FRANKLIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...
9 KM/HR... AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AT A SLIGHTLY FASTER FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM...MAINLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...33.4 N... 69.2 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 5 PM AST.

FORECASTER STEWART

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